The current network of weather radars in the United States was installed in the late 1980s and into the 1990s. There are nearly 160 weather radars in the network. The radars are the NEXRAD WSR-88D ...

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BOULDER, Colorado — When a tornadic supercell thunderstorm forms on the eastern plains of Colorado, meteorologists use a Doppler radar to get critical scans and analyze the storm’s dangerous potential ...

Phased array radar systems represent a transformative advancement in weather measurement, offering rapid electronic beam steering and high-resolution monitoring of meteorological phenomena. By ...

TriQuint Semiconductor has started shipping production GaAs monolithic microwave ICs to Lockheed Martin Radar Systems for use in the EQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radars being developed for the ...

Columbus, Ga (WRBL)- 14 years ago, communities were just beginning to clean up following the 2011 tornado outbreak. Today we conclude our miniseries: Dixie Alley: The Super Outbreak, by looking ahead ...

The history of using radar imaging in weather prediction tracks back to World War II. Radar development had been occurring prior to the start of the war, but global powers recognized an immediate need ...